Origin and Evolution of the Bartonella Gene Transfer Agent

Genomic changes associated with the evolutionary transition of an insect gut symbiont into a blood-borne pathogen

(2017) Francisca HID Segers et al.   ISME Journal

Gene Transfer Agent Promotes Evolvability within the Fittest Subpopulation of a Bacterial Pathogen

(2017) Maxime Québatte et al.   Cell Systems

Bartonella apis sp. nov., a honey bee gut symbiont of the class Alphaproteobacteria

(2016) Lucie Kešnerová et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Genetic and life-history traits associated with the distribution of prophages in bacteria

(2016) Marie Touchon et al.   ISME Journal

Functional and Evolutionary Characterization of a Gene Transfer Agent’s Multilocus “Genome”

(2016) Alexander P. Hynes et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The genome of Rhizobiales bacteria in predatory ants reveals urease gene functions but no genes for nitrogen fixation

(2016) Minna-Maria Neuvonen et al.   Scientific Reports

Horizontal gene transfer: building the web of life

(2015) Shannon M. Soucy et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Identification of a predicted partner-switching system that affects production of the gene transfer agent RcGTA and stationary phase viability in Rhodobacter capsulatus

(2014) Ryan G Mercer et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Horizontal Transfers and Gene Losses in the Phospholipid Pathway of Bartonella Reveal Clues about Early Ecological Niches

(2014) Qiyun Zhu et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Pervasive domestication of defective prophages by bacteria

(2014) L.-M. Bobay et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Gene Transfer Agent and a Dynamic Repertoire of Secretion Systems Hold the Keys to the Explosive Radiation of the Emerging Pathogen Bartonella

(2013) Lionel Guy et al.   PLoS Genetics

Prophage Excision Activates Listeria Competence Genes that Promote Phagosomal Escape and Virulence

(2012) Lev Rabinovich et al.   CELL

Bartonella entry mechanisms into mammalian host cells

(2012) Simone C. Eicher et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

DNA packaging bias and differential expression of gene transfer agent genes within a population during production and release of the Rhodobacter capsulatus gene transfer agent, RcGTA

(2012) Alexander P. Hynes et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Quorum-sensing regulation of a capsular polysaccharide receptor for theRhodobacter capsulatusgene transfer agent (RcGTA)

(2012) Cedric A. Brimacombe et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Gene transfer agents: phage-like elements of genetic exchange

(2012) Andrew S. Lang et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

One for All or All for One: Heterogeneous Expression and Host Cell Lysis Are Key to Gene Transfer Agent Activity in Rhodobacter capsulatus

(2012) Paul C. M. Fogg et al.   PLoS One

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Independent Genome Reduction and Phylogenetic Reclassification of the Oceanic SAR11 Clade

(2011) J. Viklund et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Parallel Evolution of a Type IV Secretion System in Radiating Lineages of the Host-Restricted Bacterial Pathogen Bartonella

(2011) Philipp Engel et al.   PLoS Genetics

genoPlotR: comparative gene and genome visualization in R

(2010) L. Guy et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

FastTree 2 – Approximately Maximum-Likelihood Trees for Large Alignments

(2010) Morgan N. Price et al.   PLoS One

Cryptic prophages help bacteria cope with adverse environments

(2010) Xiaoxue Wang et al.   Nature Communications

trimAl: a tool for automated alignment trimming in large-scale phylogenetic analyses

(2009) S. Capella-Gutierrez et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

PhyloBayes 3: a Bayesian software package for phylogenetic reconstruction and molecular dating

(2009) Nicolas Lartillot et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

FastTree: Computing Large Minimum Evolution Trees with Profiles instead of a Distance Matrix

(2009) M. N. Price et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Ecological fitness and strategies of adaptation ofBartonellaspecies to their hosts and vectors

(2009) Bruno B. Chomel et al.   VETERINARY RESEARCH

Run-Off Replication of Host-Adaptability Genes Is Associated with Gene Transfer Agents in the Genome of Mouse-Infecting Bartonella grahamii

(2009) Eva C. Berglund et al.   PLoS Genetics

Recent developments in the MAFFT multiple sequence alignment program

(2008) K. Katoh et al.   BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS